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Dienstag, 27. Juni 2017

Dear
friends,

we're
back home. Moneypenny is still as sweet as ever (the boys did a great
job looking after the cats and the house as well as the garden), the
roses are in full bloom and I've gained nearly two kilos (definitely
too many scones).

Even
though I took my laptop along I've been absent on many of your blogs
these last few days and I don't know whether I'll be able to catch up
as I had to go to work today already (and still have an enormous heap
of washing in front of the washing machine).

We
were gone for 12 days, drove 2540 km in total and took 2004 pictures.
I couldn't keep my hands off wool but I did manage to give my poor
elbow a rest. Thus I haven't got any crochet to show to you but some
wonderful treasures...

We've
thoroughly enjoyed or stay on Lewis & Harris and it wasn't our
only visit there for sure!

We
stayed at a snug and cozy self catering cottage in Holm (near
Stornoway) which was heated with peat-briquettes. Too cute!

Dienstag, 13. Juni 2017

Dear
friends,

you've
probably already seen many gorgeous pincushions on the internet.
Maybe you've even got one of those beauties yourself. So have I (not
a very pretty one though). But I've always been a little unhappy with
it as the needles tend to poke through. Ouch!

Remember
the lanterns I made out of the jars of chocolate-spread? That left me
with the lids (couldn't just throw them away, could I?). And then I
came up with the following idea: pincushions!

You'll
need:

lid

crochet
hood (leave long tail of yarn)

some
fabric

volume
fleece / batting

fiberfill

glue

double-sided
adhesive tape

yarn
needle

scissors

Step
1:

Cut
volume fleece in circles, one just a little smaller and one just a
little larger as lid.

Step
2:

Glue
smaller circle on the lid

Step
3:

Cut
adhesive tape in stripes and stick these on inside of the lid as
shown in the pictures.

Step
4:

Place
larger fleece circle in middle of the fabric, put the lid on top and
fold fabric inwards, pressing it firmly onto the adhesive tape.

Step
5:

Stuff
crochet hood generously with fiberfill. Sew long tail of yarn
criss-cross over fiberfill to keep it in place.

Step
6:

Put
glue generously inside the lid (see pictures).

Step
7:

Press
hood into the lid and resume the pressure till the glue has hardened.

HA!
No sharp needle will push through this pincushion!

I'll
keep in touch!

P.S.:
Probably last post before we're off to Scotland. So I may be absent
for a while, unless you follow me on facebook or Instagram...

Mittwoch, 7. Juni 2017

Dear
friends,

I've
just published 20 facts about me on Instagram. But as I haven't got a
smartphone (and I do not want one – yet) I had to split it into 5
parts. Having done so I though it might be a little unfair towards
those of you who are not on Instagram. Thus: here are 20 facts you
might not have known about me yet:

1-
I'm Belgian (guess most of you do know by now)

2-
Flemish, to be precise and that explains my first name: Marjan

3-
Marjan in the Flemish version of Marie-Anne, which is French and my
mum was adamant about it: no French names in our family!

4-
I live in Germany but

5-
my heart belongs to Scotland (Robert Burns actually wrote the poem
“My Heart is in the Highlands” for me – err – JUST JOKING!)

Picture taken during our last visit to Scotland

6-
Thus I'm passionate about Scotland as well as about crochet (Haha!
Surprise!)

7-
I'm a cat-lover (heard of Miss Moneypenny before?)

8-
I've got the most wonderful husband on earth (he simply is as he's
coping with me and my veeery few idiosyncrasies EVERY
day)

9-
I've got two sons (22 and 19 years old) and I cannot wait till they
finally move out (sorry boys – just kidding!)

10-
I'm a lousy housewife (too many hobbies... well just the one
actually, but this one is veeery time-consuming - Ain't I right,
ladies?)

Here's Moneypenny - long time no see, right?

11-
I'm driving a fiery-red Fiat 500 sport (MY baby!!!)

12-
I'd love to have an Aga and use it for cocking as well as for heating
(maybe we should move to Scotland after all)

13-
I studied law (didn't get a degree though) though I would have loved
studying history and becoming a teacher

14-
I Became a nurse instead and though I love my job it made me ill

15-
I suffered a burnout-syndrom twice

My sweet little car - when it was still pretty new

16-
I'm small (1,60cm) and my men constantly put things high on the
shelves – definitely out of reach – no matter how much I complain
about it.

17-
German not being my mother-tongue until recently my boys had to
proofread my German blogposts (BTW: they no longer do)

18-
I love flowers, plants and a lovely garden but I'm still practising
my green thumb (luckily I have the most wonderful husband on earth)

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About me / Über mich

English:My name is Marjan. I was born in Belgium in 1970. I moved to Germany in the early nineties for love's sake. Even though I got fairly disappointed some years later I never considered returning home as my children were born here in Germany. Fortunately I never did, since I never would have met my wonderful second husband. Read more here.